SB 1.4.21 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.4.21

तत्रर्ग्वेदधर: पैल: सामगो जैमिनि: कवि: । वैशम्पायन एवैको निष्णातो यजुषामुत ॥ २१ ॥

tatrarg-veda-dharaḥ pailaḥ

[tatrarg-veda-dharah pailah]

sāmago jaiminiḥ kaviḥ

[saamago jaiminih kavih]

vaiśampāyana evaiko

[vaishampaayana evaiko]

niṣṇāto yajuṣām uta

[nishnaato yajushaam uta]

Word-for-word

tatra — thereupon ṛg-veda-dharaḥ — the professor of the Ṛg Veda pailaḥ — the ṛṣi named Paila sāma-gaḥ — that of the Sāma Veda jaiminiḥ — the ṛṣi named Jaimini kaviḥ — highly qualified vaiśampāyanaḥ — the ṛṣi named Vaiśampāyana eva — only ekaḥ — alone niṣṇātaḥ — well versed yajuṣām — of the Yajur Veda uta — glorified.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

tatrarg-veda-dharaḥ pailaḥ

tatra

thereupon

ṛg-veda-dharaḥ

the professor of the Ṛg Veda

pailaḥ

the ṛṣi named Paila

sāmago jaiminiḥ kaviḥ

sāma-gaḥ

that of the Sāma Veda

jaiminiḥ

the ṛṣi named Jaimini

kaviḥ

highly qualified

vaiśampāyana evaiko

vaiśampāyanaḥ

the ṛṣi named Vaiśampāyana

eva

only

ekaḥ

alone

niṣṇāto yajuṣām uta

niṣṇātaḥ

well versed

yajuṣām

of the Yajur Veda

uta

glorified.

After the Vedas were divided into four divisions, Paila Ṛṣi became the professor of the Ṛg Veda, Jaimini the professor of the Sāma Veda, and Vaiśampāyana alone became glorified by the Yajur Veda.

Purport

The different Vedas were entrusted to different learned scholars for development in various ways.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

For the Vedas, Paila became responsible for the Ṛg-veda, wise Jaimini chanted the Sama-veda, Vaiśampāyana became learned in the Yajur-veda, the sage Sumantu, inclined to incantations, became learned in the Atharva-veda and my father Romaharṣaṇa became learned in the histories and Purāṇas.

Commentary

Dāruṇaḥ means “inclined to incantations and magic.”

Personal Guidance

Each Veda was entrusted to a specific scholar suited to it. Specialization in service of the whole — not isolated mastery — is the model. Find your branch, and serve it well for everyone's sake.

Reflection Questions

What is my 'branch' — the specific area I'm being asked to steward?
Where am I diluting my service by trying to cover everything?

📝 My note

Source: vedabase.io